The Cardinals jumped ahead early on a Ryan Ludwick sac fly and made it 2-0 when Jason LaRue singled in Rick Ankiel in the 4th. Starting pitcher Braden Looper went 7 innings only allowing a single run on 5 hits, but with no additonal run support the Cards bullpen let the lead slip away on a pair of solo shots in the top of the 8th. The Cards put their first 2 on in the bottom half of the 8th but failed to drive them in as the Royals prevailed 3-2.

Todd Wellemeyer got knocked around in his return to the rotation on Friday the 13th, surrendering back to back to back homers in the first to Chase Utley, Ryan Howard, and Pat Burrell. Things went from bad to worse in the 4th when the Phillies plated 9. So Taguchi pinch hit for the Phillies in the 6th and received a standing ovation from the Busch faithful.